Geeking Out: Star WarsLists for and about those superfans who can name every member of the Cantina band, do a passable Shyriiwook howl, and dress up with lightsabers and Cinnabon hair to imagine what life would be like long ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Star Wars would not be the same without Mark Hamill. The fans can't get enough of him both on and off-screen. Mark Hamill is irreplaceable as Luke Skywalker.
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As my son Elijah was dying of pediatric brain cancer in 2017, @HamillHimself contributed to a birthday video Lucasfilm put together where several Star Wars actors wished him happy birthday for his ninth bday (April 22). Here is Elijah watching Mark Hamill. He died the next day. https://t.co/TdMkiMKVFWpic.twitter.com/aTbbGJSYeE
I used to work at a restaurant, and one of our servers was obsessed with Star Wars. Like, if you knew nothing about this dude, you knew he loved Star Wars. This restaurant was relatively close to a film studio, and one day Mark Hamill came in for lunch. Said server would not be in until about 3 pm and he missed him. Someone in the kitchen told him about it and he was sad, but what do you do?
So, it's after the dinner rush and he's wrapping cutlery at the server station, and the hostess comes up and says, "You've got a visitor," and it's Mark Hamill. His server at lunch had told him about this huge Star Wars fan, so he came by during a shooting break to sign an autograph or two and take some pictures and give him some sweet swag.
